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Great Black-backed Gull Range Map

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Range Map for Great Black-backed Gull

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Migration

Resident to medium-distance migrant. Populations from Nova Scotia and Massachusetts remain around breeding colonies throughout the year, while birds from Maine, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, and the mid-Atlantic migrate south along the coast or to the Great Lakes region.

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